"active matrix" meaning in English

See active matrix in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: active matrixes [plural], active matrices [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|+|active matrices}} active matrix (plural active matrixes or active matrices)
  1. A form of liquid crystal display with a grid of transistors and capacitors that can hold a charge for a limited period of time, contrasted with passive matrix. Wikipedia link: active matrix Translations (liquid crystal display): 有源矩陣 (Chinese Mandarin), 有源矩阵 (yǒuyuán jǔzhèn) (Chinese Mandarin), aktiivimatriisi (Finnish), matrice active [feminine] (French), maitrís bheo [feminine] (Irish), アクティブマトリクス (akutibu matorikusu) (Japanese), 액티브 매트릭스 (aektibeu maeteurikseu) (Korean)
    Sense id: en-active_matrix-en-noun-WFtRQgtt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for active matrix meaning in English (1.8kB)

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "active matrixes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "active matrices",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "+",
        "2": "active matrices"
      },
      "expansion": "active matrix (plural active matrixes or active matrices)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A form of liquid crystal display with a grid of transistors and capacitors that can hold a charge for a limited period of time, contrasted with passive matrix."
      ],
      "id": "en-active_matrix-en-noun-WFtRQgtt",
      "links": [
        [
          "liquid crystal display",
          "liquid crystal display"
        ],
        [
          "transistor",
          "transistor"
        ],
        [
          "capacitor",
          "capacitor"
        ],
        [
          "charge",
          "charge"
        ],
        [
          "passive matrix",
          "passive matrix#English"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "liquid crystal display",
          "word": "有源矩陣"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yǒuyuán jǔzhèn",
          "sense": "liquid crystal display",
          "word": "有源矩阵"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "liquid crystal display",
          "word": "aktiivimatriisi"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "liquid crystal display",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "matrice active"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "liquid crystal display",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "maitrís bheo"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "akutibu matorikusu",
          "sense": "liquid crystal display",
          "word": "アクティブマトリクス"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "aektibeu maeteurikseu",
          "sense": "liquid crystal display",
          "word": "액티브 매트릭스"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "active matrix"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "active matrix"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "active matrixes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "active matrices",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "+",
        "2": "active matrices"
      },
      "expansion": "active matrix (plural active matrixes or active matrices)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A form of liquid crystal display with a grid of transistors and capacitors that can hold a charge for a limited period of time, contrasted with passive matrix."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "liquid crystal display",
          "liquid crystal display"
        ],
        [
          "transistor",
          "transistor"
        ],
        [
          "capacitor",
          "capacitor"
        ],
        [
          "charge",
          "charge"
        ],
        [
          "passive matrix",
          "passive matrix#English"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "active matrix"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "liquid crystal display",
      "word": "有源矩陣"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǒuyuán jǔzhèn",
      "sense": "liquid crystal display",
      "word": "有源矩阵"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "liquid crystal display",
      "word": "aktiivimatriisi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "liquid crystal display",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "matrice active"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "liquid crystal display",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maitrís bheo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "akutibu matorikusu",
      "sense": "liquid crystal display",
      "word": "アクティブマトリクス"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "aektibeu maeteurikseu",
      "sense": "liquid crystal display",
      "word": "액티브 매트릭스"
    }
  ],
  "word": "active matrix"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.